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PROCLAMATION! |!
STA-E OF CALIFORNIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
S.rp .NrNrn Motoh 1S 1857


SACRAMENTO, MAI ch Is. lsS7.)
WHEREAS, the Legislature OF the State OF
California, at its twenty-sevenths session, be-
ginning on the third day of January, A. D.
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, two.
thirds of all the members elected to each OF
the two Houses of laid Legislature voting in
favor thereof, proposed the following de-
scribed amendments to the Constitution OF
the State of California. to wit:
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
To propose to the people of the State an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State, relative to the Judiciary Depart
ment.
Resolved, That the Legislature of the State
OF California, al its regular session. COM
mencing on the third day of January, A. d,
eighteen hundred and eighty'seven, two.
thirds of all the meEb bers elected to each of
the Houses OF said Legislature vo ing in ia
vor thereof, hereby propose that sections
two aud three of article vi. of the Constitu-
tiop of said Sta.e be amended TO read as
follows:
sist of seven Justices The Associate JUS
tices of the Supreme Court, in office at the
the Constitution are hereby continued in
office as Justices OF the Supreme Court for
the remainder of the terms to which they
were respectively elected. The Justices
shall elect one of their lumber to be thief
Justice, and he shall hold the office of Chief
Justice of said court for term OF two
years At the expiration of the term of the
Chief Justice first elected, and every two
years thereafter the Justices shall elect a
Chief Justsce for a like term OF two years.
An entry of the election of such Chief Jus
tice shall be made in the minutes of the
court and signed by four Justices. When
ever thereafter vacancy occurs in the Of
fee of Chief Justice. like election shall
term. The Supreme Court may sit in de.
partments or in bank. and shall always be
open for the transaction of business. There
snail be two departments, denominated. re
spectively, Department One and department
Two. The Chief Justice shall assign three
of the Justices to each department, and
tuch assignment may be changed bv him
| from time to time. The Justices shall be
com petent to sit in either department., and
may interchange with each other by agree.
ment among themselves or as ordered by
the Chief Justice. Each of the Department.
shall have the power to hear and determine
causes and all questions arising therein
subject to the provisions hereinafter CON
tanned in relation to the Court in bank. The
presence of three Justices shall be necessary
to transact any business in either of the de-
partments, except such as may be done al
chambers, and the concurrence OF two Jus
tices shall be necessary to pronounce a
Judgment. The ChiefJustice shall apporlion
the business to the Departments and m y,
in his discretion. order any cause pending
before the Court to be heard and decided by
the Court in bank The order may be made
before or after judgment pronounced by a
department; but wDere cause has been al
lotted to one OF the departments, and judg-
ment pronounced thereon, the order mus
be M ade within thirty days after such judg-
ment end concurred in by tw oJ Justices, and II
so made 1t shall have the effect to vacate and
set aside the judgment. Any four Justices
may, either before or after judgment by a
department, order case to be heard in
bank. If the order be not made wit in the
time above limited, the judgment shall be
final. No Judgment by department shall
period of thirty DAYS aforesaid, unless ap-
proved by the Chief Justice. In writing,
| with the concurrence of two Justices. The
Chief Justice may conve,e the Court In
bank at any time. and shall be the presiding
Justice Of the Court when SO convened. The
concurrence of tour Justices present at the
argument shall be necessary to pronounce a
Judgment in bank; but II four Justices, SC
present, do not concur in judgment, then
Ill the justices qualified to sit in the cause
shall hear the argument; but TO render 8
| judgment concurrence OF four Judgei
shall be necessary. In the Determination
bank, or in departments. shall be giver
in writing and the grounds OF the decision
shall be stated. The Chief Justice may ri
in either department.. and shall preside
when SO sitting, but the Justices assigned
| to each department shall select one of thei
number as presiding Justice. In case o.
the absence of the Chief Justice from tn,
| pl zee at which the court is held, or his ina
bility to act, the Associate Justices shall Sc
lect one of the r own number TO periorn
Chief Justice during such absence or ina
bility to act. The Supreme Court Commits
sion, created by the act OF the Legislature
approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred
preme Court Commission for four years af
ter the adoption of this amendment. Sale
commission may be continued for sucf
time thereaft-r as may be Fixed by an ac
passed by vote of two-thirds of the elected
members of each House OF the Legislature
bers thereof and Secretary shall be ap
pointed as in said act provided; and such
commissioners shall be subject to removal
in like manner as the Judges OF the Su'
The same power to hear and determine
causes possessed by department OF the
Supreme Court, and causes may be assigned
to the commission In the same manner they
are assigned to a department, and after de-
in the same way, and with like restrictions
as If decited in department. The judg.
ments Of the commission shall be entered
as the judgments OF the court. The com
mission shall sit at snch times and places as
may be designated by the eourt, but such
com missioners shall not exercise any
judicial functions except when assem-
bled as commission. and then they
shall only have power to hear ana 9eter,
niue suchcAusesa as may have been assigned
to them.
Court shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the State at large at The general
which state oflicers are eleoted; and the
term OF once shall bo twelve years from